Does your child recognize the truth?

The scariest for me in dealing with attachment disorders is the inability of the  child to recognize the “truth” in a worldly sense and Truth in the spiritual sense. A  child with disorders, because of the deep wounds, exists in a foggy, blurry world.  They see half-truths.  It is almost like they are blind to [...]

When Your Children Cause You Distress and Disturbance

It is not out of the ordinary to hear a parent complain about the distress that children place on them.  It could be from the mundane to the difficult disorders. One day, I wrote this letter to an online friend who was seeking an advice on what to do with his 13 year old son.  [...]

hi, I’ve been reading the posts and am very interested. I have two sons with RAD (one is in residential treatment and the other is pretty mild) I wondered if you guys have heard of the rad consultancy? We were trying it and I”m a little skeptical. I do believe God can heal our children [...]

Compassion as a Discipline

Do you lose your compassion for a son who struggles with his habitual  sins? How many times do these feelings come to us when we are raising our RAD or BPD children? It drains us so much that when we encounter their failings over and over again and in great intensity, we retreat.  We do [...]

How many times do we forgive our RAD or BPD child?

How many times do we need to forgive our children with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)? Day in and day out?? Its like a cheating husband or wife, u never can fully get the trust back. My daughter lies and steals everyday all day long. When is enough enough? When this [...]

Are you at your wit’s end with your difficult child?

I’m a certified mother of a difficult child and the ten steps on how to deal with this kind of child are just timely and very helpful to me. Thanks for sharing your article.May the good Lord bless you. Sarah (June 24, 2010) This is the article she is talking about: Ten Tips for How [...]

Can we blame the mother who sent her adopted son back to Russia?

When I first heard the story, I felt I understood the Torry Hansen.  I knew what she went through.  I understood why she sent her adopted son back to Russia.   The boy is exhibiting classic symptoms of Reactive Attachment Disorder, a disorder that I consider myself an expert. In this regard, I wrote an [...]

How a Mother Should Handle a Borderline Teen?

I have a 15 year old daughter who has undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder.  She has trouble maintaining friends.  With family members, she is extremely jealous and would distance herself from us.  Recently, she joined an online penpal site in her school.  She became infatuated with her online pen pal.   I found topless pictures of [...]

Temper Disorder – A New Label for Children

My article on “Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria:  A New Label for Child Bipolar Disorder” was published last night. They found out that Child Bipolar Disorder has many symptoms that do not compare to Adult Bipolar Disorder.  So, they figured there must be a new category that will put these symptoms together.  After careful review, [...]

To Label or not to Label?

MY ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED: The Effects of a Label to a Child’s Psychological and Learning Disorders. While I asked for volunteers in our house so I can put a “learning disabled” label on their forehead for this blog, I was surprised no one wanted to be my model. So, I figured my 3 year old [...]